A FACE OF THE FUTURE

A POLITICAL REVOLUTION IN NEW YORK

28-YEAR-OLD DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ

OUSTS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL DEMOCRATIC LEADERS

June 27th, 2018: In one of the most stunning
political victories of 2018 so far, 28-year-old Democratic Socialist, Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez, ousts Joe Crowley, the Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and
10-term Congressman in New York's 14th district who outraised her by a factor of
10-to-1. Despite being so severely outraised, she still clinched
57.5% of the vote.

As she said in her campaign ad, "This race is about
people versus money. We've got people. They've got money."

Before her victory in the Tuesday primary, she was so
politically unknown that the news didn't even refer to her by name. She was
simply called "Rep. Joe Crowley's primary opponent."

But in a little more than 24 hours, that has all changed. Her
win on Tuesday begins a remarkable ascent which could make her the youngest
person in Congress come 2019. Should she defeat her Republican opponent, she
will arrive in Washington with a clear progressive agenda ó Medicare for all,
the abolition of ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement), and legislation
to drag big money out of politics.

Her own story begins in the Bronx where she was born and raised
by working class Puerto Rican parents. When she was finished with college, she
worked as a community organizer and long-hour low wage shifts at restaurants to
help support her family.

During the 2016 presidential season, she worked as an organizer
for Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Speaking to CNN's Poppy Harlow Wednesday morning, Ocasio-Cortez
emphasized that her campaign reached doors not usually "knocked on" by the
Democratic establishment: "young people ... communities of color, people who
speak English as a second language, working class people, people with two jobs
that are usually too 'busy' to vote."

"When people feel like they are being spoken directly to," she
said on CNN Newsroom, "I do feel like ... they'll do things like turn out in an
off-year, mid-year primary." (CNN
Politics)